Gr. 6/7's learning with iPads and Screen Chomp

Today Mrs. Radcliffe's Gr. 6/7's class had their second session with iPads.  Our focus was how can we learn iPad tools while working on our science project about Inventors.

Here was their task:

1) Find 3 interesting facts about your inventor (either by internet through the iPad or by books) and write them down in note form   (skill development- note taking ~ no cut and pasting allowed)

2) Find an image of either the inventor and/or the product they invented and take a screenshot and save that image (skill development - screenshot and saving)

3) go to screen chomp app on iPad  

4) using left icon go to library and use the picture of your inventor and/or product (skill development, importing pictures)

5) adjust using zoom, rotate etc.  this you will have to play with a bit. It took me a few times to zoom in to a depth I was comfortable with. (skill development - picture quality)

6) once the picture is in place, label or title the picture and/or inventor

7) use record button to record yourself or your partner explaining who this inventor is and the three interesting facts (skill development - working on voice to enhance presentation, learning fluxuations etc.  avoiding cut and paste by voicing work in their own words, taken from brief notes)

You will be working in partners so be sure to help one another and make strong suggestions and offer encouragement. 

Here is some of the work the students created in a 40 minutes class.

Nick's screen chomp on Bill Gates

Spenser's screen chomp on Morse Code